Unraveling Fe (II)-oxidizing mechanisms in a facultative Fe (II) oxidizer, Sideroxydans lithotrophicus strain ES-1, via culturing, transcriptomics, and reverse …

N Zhou, JL Keffer, SW Polson… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sideroxydans lithotrophicus ES-1 grows autotrophically either by Fe (II) oxidation or by
thiosulfate oxidation, in contrast to most other isolates of neutrophilic Fe (II)-oxidizing …

Putative novel hydrogen-and iron-oxidizing sheath-producing Zetaproteobacteria thrive at the Fåvne deep-sea hydrothermal vent field

P Hribovšek, E Olesin Denny, H Dahle, A Mall… - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Iron-oxidizing Zetaproteobacteria are well known to colonize deep-sea hydrothermal vent
fields around the world where iron-rich fluids are discharged into oxic seawater. How inter …

Metagenomic features characterized with microbial iron oxidoreduction and mineral interaction in southwest Indian ridge

YW Zhong, P Zhou, H Cheng, YD Zhou… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR) is one of the typical representatives of
deep-sea ultraslow-spreading ridges, and has increasingly become a hot spot of studying …

Sequence similarity network and protein structure prediction offer insights into the evolution of microbial pathways for ferrous iron oxidation

L Li, Z Liu, D Meng, Y Liu, T Liu, C Jiang, H Yin - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Dissimilatory ferrous iron [Fe (II)] oxidation is a well-established microbial energy generation
strategy. This study aims to comprehensively investigate the distribution and evolution of …

Gallionellaceae pangenomic analysis reveals insight into phylogeny, metabolic flexibility, and iron oxidation mechanisms

RL Hoover, JL Keffer, SW Polson, CS Chan - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The iron-oxidizing Gallionellaceae drive a wide variety of biogeochemical cycles through
their metabolisms and biominerals. To better understand the environmental impacts of …

Comparative proteomics of a versatile, marine, iron‐oxidizing chemolithoautotroph

RA Barco, N Merino, B Lam, B Budnik… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study conducted a comparative proteomic analysis to identify potential genetic markers
for the biological function of chemolithoautotrophic iron oxidation in the marine bacterium …

Leptothrix ochracea genomes reveal potential for mixotrophic growth on Fe(II) and organic carbon

GK Tothero, RL Hoover, IF Farag… - Applied and …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Leptothrix ochracea creates distinctive iron-mineralized mats that carpet streams and
wetlands. Easily recognized by its iron-mineralized sheaths, L. ochracea was one of the first …

Environmental predictors of electroactive bacterioplankton in small boreal lakes

CN Olmsted, R Ort, PQ Tran… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular electron transfer (EET) by electroactive bacteria in anoxic soils and sediments
is an intensively researched subject, but EET's function in planktonic ecology has been less …

Conservation of Energetic Pathways for Electroautotrophy in the Uncultivated Candidate Order Tenderiales

BJ Eddie, LJ Bird, C Pelikan, M Mussmann… - Msphere, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Electromicrobiology can be used to understand extracellular electron uptake in previously
undescribed chemolithotrophs. Enrichment and characterization of the uncultivated …

Comparative Genomics on Cultivated and Uncultivated Freshwater and Marine “Candidatus Manganitrophaceae” Species Implies Their Worldwide Reach in …

H Yu, GL Chadwick, UF Lingappa, JR Leadbetter - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chemolithoautotrophic manganese oxidation has long been theorized but only recently
demonstrated in a bacterial coculture. The majority member of the coculture,“Candidatus …